gazette

\ɡa.zɛt\

/\ɡa.zɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“gazette” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,972
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie vénitienne valant deux sous.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gazette · gazette · French

gazette · rank #12,972 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,972
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gatineau

Nearest frequency peer: Gatineau (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gazette »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gazette » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gazette vs gazeuse
71% similar
gazette vs Ginette
57% similar
gazette vs gazzetta
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gazette
PropertyValue
Headwordgazette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.zɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,972
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gazette »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gazettese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Gatineau » (#12,971), « gray » (#12,973), « fondées » (#12,970). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gazette » est au #12,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gazette (IPA \ɡa.zɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,972 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gazette, with forms such as "agzette", "gaeztte", and "gazete". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "gazeuse", "Ginette", "gazzetta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gazette, spelled G-A-Z-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monnaie vénitienne valant deux sous.
  2. 2
    Périodique, journal contenant les nouvelles politiques, littéraires ou autres.
  3. 3
    Détail minutieux et circonstancié.
  4. 4
    Pipelette, commère.
  5. 5
    Nouvelles diffusées entre les personnes d'un même groupe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gazette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il se retira en cette ville (Venise) (…), n'aiant avec lui qu'une seule gazette, piece de monnoie valant trois liards de France.
  2. Les gazettes et les journaux accroissent alors leur public parce que leurs lecteurs se co-abonnent à une feuille et la font circuler dans de petites sociétés ou « coteries » de dix, vingt ou trente personnes ; ils peuvent faire encore mieux et louer un local à frais communs, payer le chauffage et l’éclairage, le gardiennage et l’entretien.

This word in other languages

gazette(English)gaceta(Español)Gazette(Deutsch)gazeta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agzette
  • gaeztte
  • gazete
  • gazetet
  • gaztete
  • gazzette
  • ggazette
  • gzaette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gazette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agzette2gaeztte2gazete1gazetet2gaztete2gazzette1ggazette1gzaette2
Edit distance from "gazette"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gazette"?
"gazette" is spelled G-A-Z-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.zɛt\.
What does "gazette" mean?
As a noun, "gazette" means: Monnaie vénitienne valant deux sous.
What words are commonly confused with "gazette"?
"gazette" is commonly confused with "gazeuse", "Ginette", "gazzetta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gazette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gazette" is \ɡa.zɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gazette" come from?
"gazette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gazette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fondées#12,970juriste#12,992livrent#12,998crucial#12,944

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

lucide8 variantsodeurs8 variantsBouddha8 variantspourris8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list